and that the Himalayan tahr is a wild goat.

Etymology

The word "tahr," first used in English writings in 1835, is derived from the animal's local name in the Western Himalayas, which has otherwise been rendered as "tehr," "tare" and "tahir". Through confusion with thar, a Nepali word for the Himalayan serow, it has also been spelled "thar."

The genus name

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